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mayor clinton. >> mayor chelsey clinton. >> jennifer: you think hillary clinton would be interested in being mayor? >> no, as great as new york is, i think it would feel like a demotioning to from traveling the world as secretary of state to dining the fine restaurant of new york. i think they'll vote in quinn. >> jennifer: karl, let me follow up with you. there is a new york democrat nate shinigoa who lost his race, but he received a letter from hillary clinton, and he posted it on his facebook. and she's in fact in that letter encouraging him to keep on fighting in the political website, saying that is new for clinton. do you think she's building support for a presidential campaign? >> i don't think she's building support to go on a nice long vacation. >> jennifer: i totally agree. >> which is probably what she's going to do, take a break while her team puts everything together. it's smart politics congratulating, and offering condolences to anyone who lost. i think it's pretty normal. i think it's usual that a candidate would put it up for the world to see but i think it's a smart t
mayor clinton. >> mayor chelsey clinton. >> jennifer: you think hillary clinton would be interested in being mayor? >> no, as great as new york is, i think it would feel like a demotioning to from traveling the world as secretary of state to dining the fine restaurant of new york. i think they'll vote in quinn. >> jennifer: karl, let me follow up with you. there is a new york democrat nate shinigoa who lost his race, but he received a letter from hillary clinton, and he...
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it does raise the rates up to back up to the clinton levels, which by the way the economy did pretty well under for the people at the top but it converts deductions into a simple credit which would make the income tax system rather than exacerbateing income and inequality, it would dampen it by giving everybody the same credit. if i'm a teacher and i have $1' worth of mortgage, i get $0.18. if i'm a millionaire i get $0.18. >> eliot: right now, the higher income get a bigger deduction. >> that's true for retirement and across the range of benefits that you get under the incomes tax. >> eliot: i want to focus on a piece of that proposal that you put forward. you want to raise the capital gains rate. not all the way to ordinary income but from 15% to 28%. that's hugely important. >> that's what it was under reagan. >> eliot: i would take it up to 35%, the top rate, but this is important with revenue and progressivity. >> there is argument about where you maximize the revenue gains from the capital gains rate, but absolutely, you know, i think income is income. if we have a fairer syste
it does raise the rates up to back up to the clinton levels, which by the way the economy did pretty well under for the people at the top but it converts deductions into a simple credit which would make the income tax system rather than exacerbateing income and inequality, it would dampen it by giving everybody the same credit. if i'm a teacher and i have $1' worth of mortgage, i get $0.18. if i'm a millionaire i get $0.18. >> eliot: right now, the higher income get a bigger deduction....
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because in 1993, he said all these terrible things that would happen under clinton. it turned out nothing happened. the opposite happened. he created 23 million jobs. does he think i'm going to lie again here? >> i don't know. i don't know how he can believe what he's saying. he just looks like an ass out there now. when you look at what they tried to do during the clinton years it's absolutely consistent with what he's trying to do right now. when he accuses the president they are holding a harder line on the taxing of the top 2%. it keeps not working for him because 25% of the people support him in this. that means 75% don't. >> cenk: all across the media they are reporting this number from a wall street journal owned by murdoch and nbc combined, saying 65% say: >> cenk: when i saw that number in the morning, i said i don't believe it. eye? not because i don't agree with it no. because i have seen dozens of polls that say the opposite, no way should you cut social security and medicare. i had, i pulled up the poll and looked into the phrasing of the question and he
because in 1993, he said all these terrible things that would happen under clinton. it turned out nothing happened. the opposite happened. he created 23 million jobs. does he think i'm going to lie again here? >> i don't know. i don't know how he can believe what he's saying. he just looks like an ass out there now. when you look at what they tried to do during the clinton years it's absolutely consistent with what he's trying to do right now. when he accuses the president they are...
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the obvious, and that is if you're going to get revenues from the top 2%, we've got to go back to the clinton tax rates. down the road, maybe make adjustments, but right now hang in there. >> i think that is exactly right. certainly last year in the fiscal deficit negotiations, we were upset when he caved in the end of the day. this time he is sticking with it drawing the line in the sand. they are saying capital and income from capital should be taxed the same way we tax earned income. that is a fundamental in equity in our tax code. >> that's right. this country in its economy he has done well when we've had policies that have promoted middle class expansion. this is good for capital. franklin roosevelt for all of understanding, he said if you don't have a middle class that works, you won't have an economy for the rich. there's a narrow mindedness that i've got mine and i want more and i'm take it from you if that's what it takes. american economic policy works best when it's building a middle class. >> you go back to henry ford, who is no legal tarian at heart. he said if my workers can't
the obvious, and that is if you're going to get revenues from the top 2%, we've got to go back to the clinton tax rates. down the road, maybe make adjustments, but right now hang in there. >> i think that is exactly right. certainly last year in the fiscal deficit negotiations, we were upset when he caved in the end of the day. this time he is sticking with it drawing the line in the sand. they are saying capital and income from capital should be taxed the same way we tax earned income....
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as buffet pointed out in his op-ed piece taxes went up from 2000 when clinton was in and the second part of the reagan administration because of the imbalances created by the reagan tax cuts and we created 23 million jobs. by the same token, you know, the tax cuts to the wealthy were extended a number of times including by president obama under duress and starting in 2009 that create add boom in financial assets, but didn't produce many jobs. those are just anecdotal situations, but you can see there have been studies done including most recent one, which was suppressed by the republicans. >> eliot: the republicans suppressing the story that actually shows the data contrary. >> so there's no evidence for their contention, ok, that a., tax cuts to get the wealthy create jobs or b., taxing the wealthy would somehow hurt economic growth. >> eliot: it is no longer a surprise to us that the republican leadership reject it is either science are an littics when it is contrary to an idealogy they very much want to embrace. have you tried to engage with the leadership of the republican party to s
as buffet pointed out in his op-ed piece taxes went up from 2000 when clinton was in and the second part of the reagan administration because of the imbalances created by the reagan tax cuts and we created 23 million jobs. by the same token, you know, the tax cuts to the wealthy were extended a number of times including by president obama under duress and starting in 2009 that create add boom in financial assets, but didn't produce many jobs. those are just anecdotal situations, but you can see...
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bill clinton and jimmy carter should be ashamed of themselves for those speeches. you could make that heroin and cocaine. do you want to legalize heroin? >> i do, actually. >> oh, that's so silly. it's very simple. we have all these vices in the society. alcohol is legal. you've got prescription drugs growing at an epidemic rate. >> should we make them illegal. >> why do we want to add more fuel to an already growing fire. >> jack. >> by legalizing pot. >> cenk: i gave you the stats. it didn't work with the overdose has doubled in the last decade. >> you think about it. >> cenk: hold on you're making this incredibly important assumption that if we make it illegal we'll have less of it. but it's not borne out by the fact. >> you have overdose doubling. it might have gone up 1,000% or 20-to-1 if it hadn't been illegal. it's true. when you talk-- >> cenk: anything could have happened and then you would have come in and speared us with the unicorn. we know what a bad policy is. we have more people killed, and now you're telling me, well, if we did the opposite, maybe w
bill clinton and jimmy carter should be ashamed of themselves for those speeches. you could make that heroin and cocaine. do you want to legalize heroin? >> i do, actually. >> oh, that's so silly. it's very simple. we have all these vices in the society. alcohol is legal. you've got prescription drugs growing at an epidemic rate. >> should we make them illegal. >> why do we want to add more fuel to an already growing fire. >> jack. >> by legalizing pot....
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all it says is if you're at over $1 million you're going to go back to the clinton era tax rates, but it doesn't do anything about our debt. it doesn't do anything about sequestration or the cliff. these republicans have turned congress into that old cartoon the road runner, where every episode is another cliff. >> eliot: the good thing about the road runner, it was a cartoon. the bad thing congress is supposed to be making real decisions. the thing that beguiles me is the negotiating strategy he put changed cpi for social security on the table. people thought there must be a deal for him to put that on the table. you wouldn't put that on the table unless you weren't certain that the other side would accept it, and that would be a deal closer. >> the president felt he had made a concession on the tax cuts going from $250,000 to $400,000. and if the republicans wanted entightentitlement reform? what was the response by the republicans? instead of saying now we have something to negotiate over, the republicans said we're walking away from the deal. we're not doing any of that, and we'll
all it says is if you're at over $1 million you're going to go back to the clinton era tax rates, but it doesn't do anything about our debt. it doesn't do anything about sequestration or the cliff. these republicans have turned congress into that old cartoon the road runner, where every episode is another cliff. >> eliot: the good thing about the road runner, it was a cartoon. the bad thing congress is supposed to be making real decisions. the thing that beguiles me is the negotiating...
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bill clinton got a second term. are you hearing this john? this is not good news for them. >> john: you're exactly right. >> but because he faced a coup attempt dehands of his own party, he survived that. >> john: his personal life had a little bit to do with that. >> it did. he didn't think that was relative enough when he came roaring back. >> john: voters at the g.o.p. did. i think that speaker boehner is in a tough position. i will give him credit for this. he's got his eye on trying to save his entire party from the far right wing fringe. he knows if they all capitulate to them to win primary races that they're all going to be wiped out. no. a gerrymandering will fix it for them. >> you and i are hearing the same inside baseball. we talk to some of the same people. we hear some of the stuff that doesn't make it into print. he was willing to negotiate last year. he was willing to negotiate the year before that. it was always the young guns in his party that he's afraid of. in essence who he couldn't corral and control and here we are, all
bill clinton got a second term. are you hearing this john? this is not good news for them. >> john: you're exactly right. >> but because he faced a coup attempt dehands of his own party, he survived that. >> john: his personal life had a little bit to do with that. >> it did. he didn't think that was relative enough when he came roaring back. >> john: voters at the g.o.p. did. i think that speaker boehner is in a tough position. i will give him credit for this....
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and indeed president obama gave hillary clinton secretary of state to promise that the cavalry was on the way and they never showed up. >> eliot: what i heard was there was not much they could do to affect the dynamics of this revolution. >> they were skillful in the way they depicted this fight. the only thing we could do is to have boots on the ground. the syrian people did not want boots on the ground. they wanted help, a free fire zone and no-fly zone and they wanted help, and we offered none. we offered none. now that the syrian rebellion may be on the verge of victory we come in with our conditions and second guess the syrian rebellion and say these are terrorists, we can't support them. we can't trust them with aircraft missiles. it's a odd morality that went want to deny people when they're using jets to level cities. >> eliot: the administration has been slow in the at least in response to the syrian revolution. what do you see as you type forward. what type of regime will replace assad. >> we can never tell. neverwe can never tell. they have pulverized, we know that. that ha
and indeed president obama gave hillary clinton secretary of state to promise that the cavalry was on the way and they never showed up. >> eliot: what i heard was there was not much they could do to affect the dynamics of this revolution. >> they were skillful in the way they depicted this fight. the only thing we could do is to have boots on the ground. the syrian people did not want boots on the ground. they wanted help, a free fire zone and no-fly zone and they wanted help, and...
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this is the home of the clinton presidential library, and maybe the hilary clinton presidential library. >> stephanie: oh, i hope so. i was just talking to somebody about that yesterday. >> caller: when are you coming down here, we have a lot of liberals down here. >> stephanie: yes, i have never been to the clinton library. >> caller: well, come on down. what i wanted to point out, and it has already been said here before, basically -- the republicans are trying to throw grandma and grandpa under the bus because of the $3 trillion war debt. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: this is what this is somebody. americans claim to be patriotic, and so many of us wanted to go to war after 9/11 then why don't we have a surtax on the bottom of our income tax reform so we can all pay, but people like mitt romney should be paying more also. >> stephanie: absolutely. >> all of the politicians who supported the iraq war should be paying more. >> stephanie: there you go. and by the way -- >> i am not one of your fans! >> stephanie: sexy liberal hal sparks and spongebob square pants on the big show tomorr
this is the home of the clinton presidential library, and maybe the hilary clinton presidential library. >> stephanie: oh, i hope so. i was just talking to somebody about that yesterday. >> caller: when are you coming down here, we have a lot of liberals down here. >> stephanie: yes, i have never been to the clinton library. >> caller: well, come on down. what i wanted to point out, and it has already been said here before, basically -- the republicans are trying to...
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you were in president clinton's administration. do you think this will be a changing of the political climate to make the passage of at least an assault weapon's ban possible? >> i am because i am hearing politicians who have begun owners and champions of the second amendment. have argued in the past. they are beginning to say we want gun controls. we think it's important to restrict the registration and have a variety of things that they had opposed before. these are not necessarily republicans, but i think the tenor of the debate has changed. i remember back in 1994 it was very hard to get any gun controls then. we had had a few incidents -- the babedy bill had been up for consideration for many years, and finally politicians did have the courage, but then many politicians feel that they paid for it at the ballot box in those midterm elections, and that scared off a lot of politician politicians. i think those, that fear is no long we are us. >> jennifer: i hope you are right. republicans have been really quiet. cnn producer appr
you were in president clinton's administration. do you think this will be a changing of the political climate to make the passage of at least an assault weapon's ban possible? >> i am because i am hearing politicians who have begun owners and champions of the second amendment. have argued in the past. they are beginning to say we want gun controls. we think it's important to restrict the registration and have a variety of things that they had opposed before. these are not necessarily...
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we had higher tax rates under clinton, and we created 40 million jobs and had a surplus. then the bush folks came in put the war on the credit card prescription drugs on the credit card, and lowered taxes at the high end, and we had only 700,000 jobs, and had astonishing deficits since then. >> stephanie: the same l.a. times piece even makes that case with the war in afghanistan winding down, the military is asking for less than congress wants to give. so i think there has been so much hysteria over this fiscal cliff that i'm not sure it's warranted. >> that's exactly right. and also the ryan budget you know, their doctrine -- and it really is doctrining. lower taxes for the wealthy, and that will trickle down. untrue. number 2 increase spending in the pentagon way beyond what the pentagon wants and that will make us three. and that cut back on things like education and scientific research and somehow we'll have a stronger future. none of those things make any sense. at the core of the ryan approach, and he is representative of the dominant republican point of view now, i
we had higher tax rates under clinton, and we created 40 million jobs and had a surplus. then the bush folks came in put the war on the credit card prescription drugs on the credit card, and lowered taxes at the high end, and we had only 700,000 jobs, and had astonishing deficits since then. >> stephanie: the same l.a. times piece even makes that case with the war in afghanistan winding down, the military is asking for less than congress wants to give. so i think there has been so much...
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my first choice is hillary clinton. i think she's the front-runner amongst the colleagues i've talked to. dozens of my colleagues since the election. she's a front-runner. i think you give her about six months. >> jennifer: that's exactly what i said today. six months. then we start -- although yesterday when she was writing the note to the losers in new york, i was saying that, to me, is a great sign she is, in fact, on the path to running. >> well, bill clinton was the most valuable player out there. >> jennifer: absolutely. >> for the obama/biden campaign other than the two principles on the ticket. of course, every governor, every senator, every member of congress who was elected is also a super delegate who will choose the next president. >> jennifer: i don't see how the force -- the force the inexorable pull of this from those who support her and those who love her is just going to be too great. she needs to go to a spa. she needs to take a relaxing -- take a break. do the exercises. what she wants to do. but six
my first choice is hillary clinton. i think she's the front-runner amongst the colleagues i've talked to. dozens of my colleagues since the election. she's a front-runner. i think you give her about six months. >> jennifer: that's exactly what i said today. six months. then we start -- although yesterday when she was writing the note to the losers in new york, i was saying that, to me, is a great sign she is, in fact, on the path to running. >> well, bill clinton was the most...
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for perspective on that, let's bring in robert reich former labor secretary under president clinton, best selling book "beyond outrage" is now available in paperback. professor, mr. secretary what is going on out there? first, explain what is the impact of these right-to-work laws on wages? >> well, very direct, eliot. in fact, right to work is a misnomer. it really should be called an assault on labor unions because those right-to-work laws that have been traditionally confined to anti-labor states make it very, very difficult to form unions. they say essentially there are no union dues. nobody can be required to join a union as a condition of getting a job which means why bother joining a union if you can get all of the benefits of unionization in terms of collective bargaining and everything else that follows without joining. it is a means of undermining unionization. it has been used for years in this country but now it is coming to the heartland. it is comes coming to wisconsin and michigan where unions started out. labor movement began in michigan, the united autoworkers was --
for perspective on that, let's bring in robert reich former labor secretary under president clinton, best selling book "beyond outrage" is now available in paperback. professor, mr. secretary what is going on out there? first, explain what is the impact of these right-to-work laws on wages? >> well, very direct, eliot. in fact, right to work is a misnomer. it really should be called an assault on labor unions because those right-to-work laws that have been traditionally confined...
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, bill clinton and gaby giffords. >>> abc's sam donaldson is in trouble. the former white house correspondent was arrested earlier this month in delaware on dui charges. >> bill: oh! that's too bad. >> in lewis, delaware. he failed a field sobriety test from december 1st. he's scheduled to appear in court there tomorrow. >> bill: all right. sam, i hope my home state of delaware, you know, doesn't throw sam in jail. drunk driving, i don't care who it is a serious offense. but sam let jan drive. you don't have to drive. let jan drive. >> there you go. the library of congress is out with its latest list of films that it is adding to the national film registry. the list of 25 includes dirty harry, breakfast at tiffany's a league of their own and "the matrix." the movies are not necessarily the best movies of all-time. only they somehow influenced culture ever. >> bill: life and times of mill was added. >> movies from like the late 1800s and early 1900s when they first started producing film are on there too. >> bill: dan, thank you, thank you. yes, indeed. it
, bill clinton and gaby giffords. >>> abc's sam donaldson is in trouble. the former white house correspondent was arrested earlier this month in delaware on dui charges. >> bill: oh! that's too bad. >> in lewis, delaware. he failed a field sobriety test from december 1st. he's scheduled to appear in court there tomorrow. >> bill: all right. sam, i hope my home state of delaware, you know, doesn't throw sam in jail. drunk driving, i don't care who it is a serious...
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may go along as well 37 in washington today secretary of state hillary clinton was guarded as she discussed the rebel's recent successes. >> opposition in syria is now holding ground, and they are better equipped and more able to bring the fight to the government forces. i don't know that you can say that for the entire country it is yet at a tipping point but it certainly seems that the regime will be much harder pressed in the next months. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to press the regime of president mohammed morsi to relinquish the new powers he announced for himself this week. some protesters also object to the new draft egyptian constitution, which was finished friday and sent to morsi for review. meanwhile in israel you prime prime minister benjamin netanyahu government has announced plans to build housing that would physically link jerusalem with major west bank settlement. it is called counterproductive to the goals resuming direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians and achieving the two-state peace settlement that has been the u.s. diplomat i can goal for de
may go along as well 37 in washington today secretary of state hillary clinton was guarded as she discussed the rebel's recent successes. >> opposition in syria is now holding ground, and they are better equipped and more able to bring the fight to the government forces. i don't know that you can say that for the entire country it is yet at a tipping point but it certainly seems that the regime will be much harder pressed in the next months. >> eliot: in cairo protesters continue to...
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clinton raised the tax -- people like feldstein and barro to do the arithmetic will undermine economic growth, be predicted a recession. we did not get a recession. let's look at the empirical facts. the idea that there's no innovation in europe. this is just some ideological -- >> wait, wait. let's keep the argument on this side of the atlantic. let's take -- we'll disagree. i think you're fundamentally wrong about the causation there ed. let's put that aside for a minute. warren buffett agrees, you say -- put that aside. you don't defer to any person just because he's worth millions of dollars. you would agree we have a demand crisis. >> i would not agree with it. >> it is a symptom not a cause. i just want to say one thing in the 1990s. we commercialized the internet like commercializing the telephone. of course our economy grew faster independent of a tax rate. that will have a much bigger effect. the nasdaq went from 80000 to 4,500. there was an enormous amount. europe had access to the same technology and had a similarly educated work force and they grew at less than half our rat
clinton raised the tax -- people like feldstein and barro to do the arithmetic will undermine economic growth, be predicted a recession. we did not get a recession. let's look at the empirical facts. the idea that there's no innovation in europe. this is just some ideological -- >> wait, wait. let's keep the argument on this side of the atlantic. let's take -- we'll disagree. i think you're fundamentally wrong about the causation there ed. let's put that aside for a minute. warren buffett...
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on the issue of impairment, barack obama, bill clinton steve jobs none of them seem long-term impaired. on the other hand, sandra, to your point, george w. bush. it was a great conversation. sandra solin and tommy chong. thank you so much. >> i brought a present. >> cenk: theseyou did? >> these are called not a pipe. >> cenk: what do they do? >> you're not supposed to take them off. and you're not supposed to take them out of the string. >> cenk: which you just did. >> and you're not supposed to put the substance in this end. and you're not supposed to light it. >> cenk: then i will not do that after you give it to me. >> it's not a pipe. >> cenk: all right, thank you, tommy. i appreciate it. when we come back, now seriously, i've got a serious story. the serious one is blackwater. they're back, and getting no good contracts again. >> in september of 2007 blackwater said one of its convoys came under fire at a baghdad intersection and it's operatives were fighting for their lives when they open fired. >> cenk: and then a moment from our one year anniversary on current. [ cheering ] >>
on the issue of impairment, barack obama, bill clinton steve jobs none of them seem long-term impaired. on the other hand, sandra, to your point, george w. bush. it was a great conversation. sandra solin and tommy chong. thank you so much. >> i brought a present. >> cenk: theseyou did? >> these are called not a pipe. >> cenk: what do they do? >> you're not supposed to take them off. and you're not supposed to take them out of the string. >> cenk: which you...
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secretary clinton had been asked by most of the networks to go on. she had had an incredibly gruelling week dealing with the protests around the middle east and africa. she had to deal with the loss of our four colleagues in benghazi and she declined to do it and i was asked by the white house if i would do it as the next senior american diplomat. >> stephanie: wow, no good deed goes unpunished. >> she dodged a bullet. >> stephanie: why. >> she never would have been confirmed. this is so win-win for the obama administration. >> stephanie: somebody was saying -- they said they always feel like it is best to have the secretary of state not come from the president's inner circle. >> i'm ready for someone who thought that was a bad idea. she is terrific. and i will always defending her -- >> stephanie: she is just a human trophy to the likes of john mccain. >> she is a scalp for irrelevant men to try to seem relevant again. her investments in the pipeline would have guaranteed her not getting nominated. >> stephanie: susan rice again yesterday. >> it was
secretary clinton had been asked by most of the networks to go on. she had had an incredibly gruelling week dealing with the protests around the middle east and africa. she had to deal with the loss of our four colleagues in benghazi and she declined to do it and i was asked by the white house if i would do it as the next senior american diplomat. >> stephanie: wow, no good deed goes unpunished. >> she dodged a bullet. >> stephanie: why. >> she never would have been...
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. >> good morning, secretary of state clinton is going to testify about the september 11th attack in benghazi that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans the state department has created an accountability review board, and it will focus on whether u.s. officials paid enough at attention to potential threats in libya. barbara walters sat down with clinton for an interview in which she flat out asked if she is going to run for president. she said she was glad she did it once, but doesn't think she'll do it again. one nyu grad student is determined to draw more attention to u.s. drone strikes and he is using twitter to use it. apple rejected the app three times, twice for tech issues and once for content. so he got set up and went to twitter. attack dates details, to an account @dronestream. then he discovered it was two much and he needed more time. he said he just wants to show how extensively the u.s. is using drones and allow people to draw their own conclusions. there could be as many as 495 strikes to date. we're back after the break. ♪ exciting issue. from financia
. >> good morning, secretary of state clinton is going to testify about the september 11th attack in benghazi that killed ambassador stevens and three other americans the state department has created an accountability review board, and it will focus on whether u.s. officials paid enough at attention to potential threats in libya. barbara walters sat down with clinton for an interview in which she flat out asked if she is going to run for president. she said she was glad she did it once,...
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. >> he has got to be bill clinton for a moment. explain it to people like my husband would clayne to me, stop spending money. that would help. but then he realizes that i have to make money. stop spending money is not enough. >> the problem is when you don't stop spending money. here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three weeks, i've been very guarded in what i have had to say. but when i come out the day after the election and make it clear that republicans will put revenue on the table i took a great risk. >> cenk: kind of makes you yearn for the pen jokes. >> yes. >> cenk: look, he didn't take a great risk. that's what the whole election was about raising revenue. raising revenue is code word for not raising the income tax rates. we don't want to raise rates we'll get rid of loopholes that we'll put back in next year. i love the point that dorothy made. i never thought about i
. >> he has got to be bill clinton for a moment. explain it to people like my husband would clayne to me, stop spending money. that would help. but then he realizes that i have to make money. stop spending money is not enough. >> the problem is when you don't stop spending money. here who is not laughing this is john boehner speaker of the house. >> this is a stalemate. let's not kid ourselves. i'm not trying to make this more difficult. you've watched me over the last three...
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i think michelle obama will take bill clinton. >> stephanie: i am so enjoying a bill clinton corkscrew. i do not have the hilary nutcracker yet. conservative actor steven bald win arrested for failing to file three year's of tax returns. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> uh-huh. he is one of those fake christian guys. >> stephanie: he is accused of owing more than $350,000 to the state of new york. >> wow. maybe we can bad mouth bono some more. >> stephanie: everybody hold your jokes. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: john travolta collects hot chocolate. he collects various kinds of hot coco from around the world. he said it represents winter wonderland and christmas. he went on to explain how people should handle hot coco. he said never blow on it. never ever blow it changes the quality of the chocolate. >> that's the gayest thing i have ever heard. >> if you have a gay sex scandal with three different masseurs. don't have an album cover to handle your gay panic scandal, because he is wearing a hot toddy, and is wearing [ inaudible ]. >> stephanie: speaking of
i think michelle obama will take bill clinton. >> stephanie: i am so enjoying a bill clinton corkscrew. i do not have the hilary nutcracker yet. conservative actor steven bald win arrested for failing to file three year's of tax returns. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> uh-huh. he is one of those fake christian guys. >> stephanie: he is accused of owing more than $350,000 to the state of new york. >> wow. maybe we can bad mouth bono some more. >>...
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and this compares to something like bush had like 231 and i think that clinton had 247. so it's not a huge gap, but it's noteworthy. i talked to the white house and said what's up? why are we not putting people up? we need more seats. they were a bit defensive and said we have been up against these senate republicans who aren't doing anything. and i got an analogy putting coffee beans into a coffee maker and it doesn't matter if you put 3,000 beans or 100 beans in the coffee maker, you are going to get one cup at a time and you can't basically put forward lots more nominees and expect the senate to do more because you put forward more. they are going to block all of these things. so it is kind of a 1-2 punch here with the reason we have this problem. it's the senate republican obstructionism. you can look at the nominees. it's senate republicans blocking this. >> it's like i understand why the white house may get tired of putting people up there because they know they are going to be shot down. >> why would adding more nominees go make it go faster? >> it won't. we shoul
and this compares to something like bush had like 231 and i think that clinton had 247. so it's not a huge gap, but it's noteworthy. i talked to the white house and said what's up? why are we not putting people up? we need more seats. they were a bit defensive and said we have been up against these senate republicans who aren't doing anything. and i got an analogy putting coffee beans into a coffee maker and it doesn't matter if you put 3,000 beans or 100 beans in the coffee maker, you are...
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bill clinton was the exception. the next election 2014, republicans in the house will probably do well based upon history. but if they screw this up, and they're going to get blamed, polls show that, then they could lose the majority. >> bill: right. that's an important point. the polls show, peter we talked about this yesterday on who would get the blame. >> it would come down on republicans. >> bill: right. you can follow us on twitter don't forget and join the conversation at bpshow. bob cusack from "the hill" here, managing editor in studio with us as a "friend of bill." we're talking michigan. we're talking fiscal cliff. we're talking antonin scalia. any of the above. 1-866-55-press. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. there is so much going on that every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, dest
bill clinton was the exception. the next election 2014, republicans in the house will probably do well based upon history. but if they screw this up, and they're going to get blamed, polls show that, then they could lose the majority. >> bill: right. that's an important point. the polls show, peter we talked about this yesterday on who would get the blame. >> it would come down on republicans. >> bill: right. you can follow us on twitter don't forget and join the conversation...
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i will just take the 4% that will get them back to what they were playing under bill clinton. laurie in lewisville texas. >> caller: how are you doing? i was thinking the president needs to press hard and really use the mandate that he has. he has a huge mandate. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i think he has a chance to put forward the progressive agenda now. >> bill: he does, but he's got, you know, the problem is there is only so much he can do by executive order, you know. >> that's the 8 our government works actually. we should be happy about that. but he's got to get this through congress. he has the road blocking of the republican tea partyers who are running the show. it's the tail wagging the dog in the house, laurie >> caller: i understand. not insurance. >> bill: i don't know whether we just -- i tell you what the president ought to do, get on the plane to hawaii today. he deserves it. he hasn't had a vacation didn't take a vacation this summer. what the hell? the senate has already gone. right? as of last night, the house left town, and boehner just said, it's up to you
i will just take the 4% that will get them back to what they were playing under bill clinton. laurie in lewisville texas. >> caller: how are you doing? i was thinking the president needs to press hard and really use the mandate that he has. he has a huge mandate. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: i think he has a chance to put forward the progressive agenda now. >> bill: he does, but he's got, you know, the problem is there is only so much he can do by executive order, you know....
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good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having been a governor, i know that trade-offs are tough. things everyday exploding around the world that leave no shortage for exciting conversations. i want our viewer to understand why things have happened. at the end of the show, you know what has happened, why its happened and more importantly, what's going to happen tomorrow. >> announcer: radio meets television. the "bill press show" now on current tv. >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour now. busy day here on the "full court press" this thursday, december 6th. good to you have with us today. don't forget, you can join the conversation any time at 1-866
good friend of bill clinton's played golf with president obama and bill clinton last sunday. versus this extreme radical tea partier, ken cuccinelli who is the todd akin of virginia. man, that's going to be a good challenge. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." every day presents another exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. there are real issues here. having...
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he was around when clinton -- remember that economy? okay. he said i wish president obama and the democrats would explain to the nation the federal budget deficit isn't the major problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be the major goal. problem is lack of good jobs and the goal must to be revive both. deficit reduction leads us away from jobs and growth. the reason the fiscal cliff is dangerous is because it's too much deficit reduction too quickly that would suck demand out of the economy. more jobs and growth will help the deficit. recall the '90s when the clinton administration balanced the budget because of faster job growth than anybody expected bringing in more tax revenues than anyone had forecast. europe offers the same lesson in reverse. thank you. as jim says, every time we talk about this, they keep taking the wrong -- lindsey graham said we're going to be greece. yeah, if we do what you want! the best way to generate jobs and growth is for the government to spend more, not less. and for taxes to stay lor owe become lower on the m
he was around when clinton -- remember that economy? okay. he said i wish president obama and the democrats would explain to the nation the federal budget deficit isn't the major problem and deficit reduction shouldn't be the major goal. problem is lack of good jobs and the goal must to be revive both. deficit reduction leads us away from jobs and growth. the reason the fiscal cliff is dangerous is because it's too much deficit reduction too quickly that would suck demand out of the economy....
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but at any rate, the first lady, former first lady, hillary clinton got a big boost yesterday from none other than that nancy pelosi democratic leader in the house who says 2016 is all about hillary. >> won't that be exciting? i hope she goes. why wouldn't she? she could be president of the united states and she would be great. if she decided to run, and i think she would win, she would go into the white house as well prepared or better prepared than almost anybody who has served in that office in a very long time. i won't include washington jefferson adams. gumaybe. but maybe. she would be great. >> bill: nancy pelosi getting a little bit ahead of herself there, i think. i personally have pledged i am not going to talk about 2016 until maybe the second half of 2015. so everybody keeps saying do you think hillary is going to run? i am not going to comment on 2016. i want to focus on the moment, sees the moment. let's make the most of 2012 and 2013 2013. we have a lot to cover here today with lots of help. eliot spitzer, our good friend from ""viewpoint"" will be along as he is every wed
but at any rate, the first lady, former first lady, hillary clinton got a big boost yesterday from none other than that nancy pelosi democratic leader in the house who says 2016 is all about hillary. >> won't that be exciting? i hope she goes. why wouldn't she? she could be president of the united states and she would be great. if she decided to run, and i think she would win, she would go into the white house as well prepared or better prepared than almost anybody who has served in that...
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we'll go back to the clinton era, which will happen at the beginning of the year. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and i mean also other people in the lower-income brackets will have to pay more, but i think we're willing to do that. >> stephanie: i don't think it's a preferable thing to go off of the cliff, but the more and more you see republicans have not changed one bit from their obstructionist ways i think, yeah, maybe. >> caller: it doesn't mean that starting january, the world will come to an end. >> caller: yeah, it's gradual. >> caller: and if you ask the people -- fortunately i live in texas, so the previous president i didn't -- i agree with a lot of times, but i will just say that he never asked us to sacrifice anything. he told us to go shopping. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: that is -- it's crazy. >> stephanie: exactly, unless you cut a [ inaudible ] for that last pair of [ mumbling ] shoes. >> stephanie: i should have picked an easier to pronounce shoe. >> keds. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: this is the headlines. they really have not -- they presented another budget where
we'll go back to the clinton era, which will happen at the beginning of the year. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: and i mean also other people in the lower-income brackets will have to pay more, but i think we're willing to do that. >> stephanie: i don't think it's a preferable thing to go off of the cliff, but the more and more you see republicans have not changed one bit from their obstructionist ways i think, yeah, maybe. >> caller: it doesn't mean that starting...
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they would be incapable of competing against hillary clinton if she decided to run in 2016. he said that on nbc's meet the press yesterday and that would be like trying to inwith the super bowl. he said if clinton decides to run, he is sure she would get the nomination although he joked that's the same thing he thought in 2008. the national minorah is lit. last night on the second day of hanukkah, south of the white house. rabbi shantob has kicked off that lighting for more than 20 years. we will have more bill press coming up for you after the break. as always, we are live in our chat room and would love to see you there. join us there at current.com/bill current.com/bill pass. we will see you on the other side of the break. [ music ] you're about to watch an ad viewer for capella university. matter. >> i work with adults with developmental disabilities. growing up i had a single mother of four and people in the community were so helpful when they didn't even have much themselves. seeing people and their hardships made me want to make a difference in people's lives to give
they would be incapable of competing against hillary clinton if she decided to run in 2016. he said that on nbc's meet the press yesterday and that would be like trying to inwith the super bowl. he said if clinton decides to run, he is sure she would get the nomination although he joked that's the same thing he thought in 2008. the national minorah is lit. last night on the second day of hanukkah, south of the white house. rabbi shantob has kicked off that lighting for more than 20 years. we...
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but i agree with you i don't think we ought to settle for any number less than what it was under the clinton years. >> stephanie: that's right. >> that was the most prosperous time in the united states of america in recent history, and we don't need to do that. we don't want to start negotiating with ourselves here. but first we have to have a significant call from the republicans that they are serious. i love when they say, oh the president serious. really? he put a very detailed proposal on the table. we are very serious about that. >> stephanie: i love how they are acting like they still have leverage in public. like they are holding all of the cards here. >> none. they really don't have -- >> stephanie: yeah. >> and the main card that they fail to hold is any support from the american people. >> stephanie: yeah. >> the vast number of americans say, yes, the wealthiest ought to pay more. duh. they also do not cut medicare. these will even tea partiers, they don't want the benefits to be cut. >> stephanie: they are looking at the same poll you and i are that the republicans would take the
but i agree with you i don't think we ought to settle for any number less than what it was under the clinton years. >> stephanie: that's right. >> that was the most prosperous time in the united states of america in recent history, and we don't need to do that. we don't want to start negotiating with ourselves here. but first we have to have a significant call from the republicans that they are serious. i love when they say, oh the president serious. really? he put a very detailed...
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secretary of state hillary clinton is experiencing a serious stomach virus. the u.s. is not going to make it the official leader of syria because that would give it the right to ask for international military intervention. we're back after the break. >>> she get's the comedians laughing... >>>that hilarious. >>>and the thinkers thinking. joy>>>okay so. there's wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me? >>she's joy behar. joy>>>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >>>> only on current tv. brought to you by geico 15 minutes can save you 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico dot com for a free rate quote. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent. oh, did you want it? yea we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light buttery and flakey. that's half that's not half! guys, i have more! thanks mom [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents. let the making begin [ singing christmas carols in background ] aunt sally's singing again. it's a tradition honey. [ singing christmas carols ] mmm
secretary of state hillary clinton is experiencing a serious stomach virus. the u.s. is not going to make it the official leader of syria because that would give it the right to ask for international military intervention. we're back after the break. >>> she get's the comedians laughing... >>>that hilarious. >>>and the thinkers thinking. joy>>>okay so. there's wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me? >>she's joy behar....
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was awarded the medal of honor by president clinton. and known for being very steadfast, very, very good on the budget issues and a great champion of his home state of hawaii. it was commented over there that more than any other statement in the history of those islands more than kamehameha the great that hawaii was ruled by daniel inouye. he was known for having an incredibly powerful voice. here he is talking last year about pearl harbor. >> the bombing of pearl harbor 70 years ago began a period of my life when i became an adult. and i hope a good american. >> bill: resonant voice there. majority leader harry reid paying tribute to senator inouye on the floor yesterday. >> i've never known anyone like dan inouye. no one else has. the kindness that he has shown me for my time here in the senate has been something i will cherish always. a man who has lived and breathed the senate. patriot, dan inouye was that patriot. >> bill: harry reid paying tribute to dan inouye. congressman january yarmuth made a -- john yarmuth made news yesterda
was awarded the medal of honor by president clinton. and known for being very steadfast, very, very good on the budget issues and a great champion of his home state of hawaii. it was commented over there that more than any other statement in the history of those islands more than kamehameha the great that hawaii was ruled by daniel inouye. he was known for having an incredibly powerful voice. here he is talking last year about pearl harbor. >> the bombing of pearl harbor 70 years ago...
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if i had to pick the top three female leaders in this country today, i would say hillary clinton, jennifer granholm and susan rice. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: you are so funny. bill press for -- we'll put you for secretary of labor. why don't we do that. >> bill: all right. hilda sol ease is another one. here's what's sad about this is i think she deserved to be secretary of state. i think she would make a great secretary of state. and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john mccain and lindsey graham on false charges, number one. and number two, i know everybody says you just have to pick your battles, you know. a lot of people were telling the president, i'm sure, yeah, she would be great but you can't afford to make this your first fight of this -- the end of this year, the beginning of the next year. you've got -- you can't waste your political capital on this. i'm sorry the president decided not to do it. i think he should have fought right down to the finish line with susan rice. i would rather go down in flames fighting for susan rice than give in to john mccain and lindsey gra
if i had to pick the top three female leaders in this country today, i would say hillary clinton, jennifer granholm and susan rice. [ laughter ] >> jennifer: you are so funny. bill press for -- we'll put you for secretary of labor. why don't we do that. >> bill: all right. hilda sol ease is another one. here's what's sad about this is i think she deserved to be secretary of state. i think she would make a great secretary of state. and i hate to see her drummed out of there by john...
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why don't we raise the taxes on the top 2% back to clinton-era. >> stephanie: amy in illinois. hello, amy. >> hi, i love you guys. >> stephanie: i love you back. >> caller: my daughter's been doing her own little political protest. she was in the fourth grade. she refuses to say the pledge of allegiance so there's -- until there's equal rights are for marriage for everybody because she says she can't say liberty and justice for all if it isn't true. >> stephanie: oh! children are the future. >> that's totes adorns. ♪ i believe that children are our future ♪ >> stephanie: let's go to joe in pittsburgh. you're on "the stephanie miller show." hi joe. >> caller: actually, jesus did say gay is okay but in order to understand that, you have to understand the language of the times he was speaking. >> ancient -- >> gay people throughout the bible were referred to as natural-born eunicks. jesus identified three different. natural born, those by other men and those who made themselves for the kingdom of heaven's sakes. now, matthew 19 is often quoted -- >> stephanie: i thought unic m
why don't we raise the taxes on the top 2% back to clinton-era. >> stephanie: amy in illinois. hello, amy. >> hi, i love you guys. >> stephanie: i love you back. >> caller: my daughter's been doing her own little political protest. she was in the fourth grade. she refuses to say the pledge of allegiance so there's -- until there's equal rights are for marriage for everybody because she says she can't say liberty and justice for all if it isn't true. >> stephanie:...
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if she is smart she will do what other superstars have come in like hillary clinton, barack obama. she won't take make too much noise >> bill: al franken? >> the proverbial workhorse not a show horse. this idea she is going to immediately bring the banks and corporations to their knees upon ascending capitol hill i think is a little unrealistic >> bill: you mentioned entitlement reform. to be honest, that's one i am afraid of? >> yeah. >> bill: because i am afraid that may be the price to pay for having taxes go up on the wealthiest americans. it should not be but it may be. >> two surprised, tax rates for the top two % and the other is protecting medicare and social security. you have had a lot of very strong, tough talks from the president on those tax rates. >> that's very gratifying to the people on the left. you don't overhear that same kind of tough talk when it comes to medicare and social security because those things are on the table. >> bill: you hear more about social security being off of the table. >> i think it's medicare that's really in danger there. >> bill: filibu
if she is smart she will do what other superstars have come in like hillary clinton, barack obama. she won't take make too much noise >> bill: al franken? >> the proverbial workhorse not a show horse. this idea she is going to immediately bring the banks and corporations to their knees upon ascending capitol hill i think is a little unrealistic >> bill: you mentioned entitlement reform. to be honest, that's one i am afraid of? >> yeah. >> bill: because i am afraid...